“Imagine there is a fire beneath your heels, so lift them high and use your knees to pull your triceps in towards your chest. Now the flames are rising towards your butt, so lift that, too. Keep looking forward until your toes have no choice,…
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Trust Your Struggle
“My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked, there is something burning in here.” —Andrea Gibson Sometimes we want to say something, but words fail us. Maybe we want to describe the goosebumps that crawl all over…
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Let Go of Your Ego
When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful. Do you know the difference between your true self and your ego? Many people don’t. In fact, they don’t even realize that there is a difference between the two. Most people identify themselves…
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There will be hard days.
A Little Note to My Friends Who Need It, There might will be hard days in your life. And hard weeks. And hard months. And hard years. Hard times will rise up from the depths and try hard to drag you back down there with…
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Soft. Slow. Surrender.
Slowness remembers and hurry forgets; softness remembers and hardness forgets; surrender remembers and fear forgets. —Mark Nepa Slow. Sadness, anxiety, anger (and all unhappy emotions) thrive on speed. When my mind is racing, I am unhappy. When I am hurrying to an appointment, I am…
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Minimalism: Get Rid of Clutter, Get Rid of Stress
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. —William Morris I’ve been pursuing a minimalist lifestyle for well over a year now. I’ve had great success in some areas, and massive failure in others. This…
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Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs
“Love whatever gets in the way, until it ceases to be an obstacle.” —Mark Nepo There lives an elephant kept from his freedom by a thin rope tied to one leg. A passing man, who realized that this flimsy tether could not restrain…
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Do what you can with what you’ve got.
Sometimes Most times, life doesn’t pan out exactly as we plan it. Stuff happens. The dog gets sick. A tire blows out on the way there. Your flight gets cancelled. Your hair turns shockingly pink instead of golden blonde. The band never shows up. You…